Single Leg Deadlift | Form Check

The single-leg deadlift is a valuable addition to your training routine that can help build hamstring and overall posterior chain strength, but are you sure you're even doing the exercise correctly?

For this movement, you shouldn't settle for anything other than perfect form—especially because it's such a simple, essential exercise that can serve as one of the centerpieces of your training plan. Let Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. and associate fitness editor Brett Williams guide you through the move's subtleties, saving you from the bad habits that are keeping you from unlocking your fitness potential.

Before pick up your weights and start hinging up and down and swinging your leg back, take note that it's extremely important to pay attention the movement here. Your positioning is essential to make sure you're getting the most out of the exercise—particularly because the way that many trainers teach it wastes a ton of movement and can throw off your balance.